An experiment for the precision measurement of the radiative decay mode of the neutron

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 611, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 219-223

  Cooper, R L ^a   Bass, C D ^b   Beise, E J ^c   Breuer, H ^c   Byrne, J ^d   Chupp, T E ^a   Coakley, K J ^b   Dewey, M S ^b   Fisher, B M ^b   Fu, C ^b   Gentile, T R ^b   McGonagle, M ^c   Mumm, H P ^b   Nico, J S ^b   Thompson, A K ^b   Wietfeldt, F E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutron decay; Photon detection; Radiative beta decay; Scintillator

Indexed keywords

BETA DECAY; BISMUTH GERMANATE; BRANCHING RATIO; ENERGY REGIONS; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEUTRON DECAYS; PHOTON DETECTION; PHOTON DETECTOR; PHOTON ENERGY SPECTRUM; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; RADIATIVE DECAY; SCINTILLATING CRYSTALS; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; STATISTICAL SENSITIVITY; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

BISMUTH; DECAY (ORGANIC); DETECTORS; EXPERIMENTS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODETECTORS; PROTONS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 71549133036     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.063     Document Type: Article

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